Charlie Trotter

HOLLYWOOD — There’s the show, and there’s the show behind the show, and which involves more work or offers more entertainment is debatable.

For instance, Jared Leto’s backstage session after winning the best supporting actor Oscar for “Dallas Buyers Club” may have been as enjoyable a performance piece as anything in the official show or the red carpet procession that preceded it — and given that all this stuff shows up online, why not?

Appearing in the “backstage” room that’s actually a hotel function room lined with tables populated by journalists in formalwear, the ebullient winner offered up his Oscar for a...

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HOLLYWOOD — There’s the show, and there’s the show behind the show, and which involves more work or offers more entertainment is debatable.
For instance, Jared Leto’s backstage session after winning the best supporting actor Oscar for “Dallas Buyers...

Before there was “Top Chef,” “MasterChef” or “Iron Chef,” before chefs were multimedia celebrities who could monetize their volcanic personalities, before “farm-to-table” and “American cuisine” were routinely applied to high-end restaurants, there was...

Charlie Trotter, whose eponymous Chicago restaurant was considered one of the finest in the world, has died. The 54-year-old chef was found unconscious and not breathing in his Lincoln Park home this morning and was taken to Northwestern Memorial...

It's fair to say that both Graham Elliot and his food are polarizing. The Chicago Tribune said Elliot had "another hit on his hands" after dining at his 6-month-old sandwich shop Grahamwich on opening day, while Time Out Chicago issued a...